Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-07-22

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Correspondence of the Staunton VINDIcAToR]
NEWPORT News, Va, July 10, 1877.
As this point is the deep water terminus of
the great trunk line of the N N. & M. V.
Company, which passes through your alley
and city, some items from here cannot fail tc
interest the readers of the INDICATOR
1t is now very evident that the place is not
finished yet, in fact it is on right sharp boom
The coal business is immense and has neces-
STATED the building of another coal pier (the
third) on which Col Braxton an uncle of
your City Attorney, is now engaged and vii
have completed in about two days The
freight business has grown SO heavy that q
new freight dock, also the third, will be built
in the fall.
But the big job here is the dry dock where
ships will be brought for repairs. The waite
will be pumped out of the dock after the
ships are towed in and after about two hours
work with the immense pumps lifting 10000
gallons aminute, the ship will be left high an6
dry ready for the workmen. This improve
ment will cost 100000 and the workshops
and outfit about $3.50, 600 more. A large fore
of hands and employees are engaged upon
this improvement, which will be finished in
twelve months or less time. The population
has grown very rapidly recently and now
| numbers about 2, 500. New houses are going
up all over the place, and from the window
where am writing I can count fifteen some OF
them quite handsome, among which are the
pretty residences of Col. Braxton, Col. Bre.
| mond and Theo. Lively, Esq. The last
| named gentleman, who is the Secretary OF the
Land and improvement Company here, tells
!, me that he has sold more lots this year than
all the years since the town was laid out. The
additional improvements by the railroad COM
pany, the building of the Dry Dock towards
which Mr.. Huntington himself has contribu-
| ted $500, 900, and the building of costly resi-
| dences by Col. Braxton and other railroad Of
| ficials, has gone far towards establishing pub
| lie confidence in the permanency of invest
| ments at this point [ was surprised to see
| such large influx of emigration here Officials
| of the port state that the emigrants from
abroad landing here average at least 100 dav.
Some of them are very destitute, too A fam
| lily of father, mother and four children land
ed not long since, who had only SIS in money
besides their tickets to Omaha. Virginia is to
be congratulated that they aid all such as
they go West.
You will see more foreigners here in one
day than you will see in year in Staunton.
Ships of all nationalities are coming and 60
| ing constantly, bringing and carrying all i'm
aginable kinds of freight, and the lines of
loaded cars running back a mile from the
wharf will surprise any one not acquainted
with the immense trade of the road. The
yard-master said to-day that fully 700 loaded
cars are always standing here, which is not
hard to believe when one looks over the scene
from an elevated point.
part of the cargo of the Brazilian Steamer
Alliance, which sailed on Monday for Rio, is
worthy of mention. There were two splendid
blooded horses from Kentucky, and several
herds of Spanish and French Merino sheen
from California, also fine heard of South
downs. The whole shipment of stock was
valued at $50, 900 and belongs to Mr.. J. H
Close, of Ohio, father in-law of Mr.. j. J. Shir-
key, of Staunton. Mr.. Close, who went out
with his stock, was taking them to some
wealthy Brazilian stock breeders and he said
one of the horses, Hambletonian, was the
finest horse he could find in Kentucky. Mr..
Shirley, accompanied by his wife, and Mr..
George Adams, of Staunton, q brother-in-law
of MIR. Close, came down Saturday to, take
leave of and see him off. The weather is
pleasant and breezy here, sailing good and
fishing just elegant. They bite straight along.
Il. G. M.